Ward – F(r)iction, Winter 2024
Hunter/Gatherer – Neotext 2023
The Ones He Takes – Christmas and Other Horrors, Titan 2023
American Criminal — Neotext 2023
North Border — Neotext 2022
Hag – When Things Get Dark – 2021
The Wereworld — Neotext 2021
House of Ash — Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2020
The Apartment – Esquire, February 2015
Suicide Woods – McSweeney’s, Winter 2013/14
Excerpt from RED MOON – Esquire, May 2013
The Dummy – Cemetery Dance, Issue 70, May 2013
Wanting Only To Be Gone – The Normal School, Fall 2011
Writs of Possession – Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2011
The Rubberband Gun – The Iowa Review, Fall 2010
The Roof People – World Literature Today, guest-edited by Alan Cheuse, September 2010
The Cold Boy – Gulf Coast, Winter/Spring 2011
The Locksmith (an excerpt from The Wilding, a novel) – Tin House, “Class in America” issue, Fall 2010
The Red Balloon – Ploughshares, Winter 2010-2011
Wanting Only to be Gone – Esquire UK, October 2010
James Franco – Esquire, September 2010
The Neighborhood – The Drum (a literary magazine for your ears), Issue 2, June 2010
The Sundering – Fogged Clarity, June 2010
Dogfight – Los Angeles Review, Spring 2010
Who Is This Host Arrayed In White – Southern Indiana Review, Fall 2009
Heart of a Bear – Orion, March/April 2010
When the Bear Came – Harvard Advocate, The Bestiary Issue, Winter 2010
The Long, Black Coat – Cemetery Dance, Issue #64, Winter 2009/10
The Rifle – Texas Review, Winter 2009/2010
The Mud Man – The Southern Review, Winter 2010
The Mud Man – Untitled Books (UK), Winter 2009
The Tree – University of Plymouth Press (UK), Fall 2009
The Tree – Ecotone, Fall 2009
Terminal – Ninth Letter, Fall/Winter 2009
Run – The L Magazine, Summer Fiction Issue, 2008
Somebody Is Going To Have to Pay For This – Barcelona Review, Issue 63, May 2008
April 20, 2008 – Esquire, May, 2008
The Long, Black Coat – Hobart, Fall 2007
The Killing – Salt Hill Journal, Fall 2007
The Whisper – Cream City Review, Fall 2007
So Far From Anything – Esquire, October, 2007
When the Bear Came – American Short Fiction, Summer 2007
In the Rough – The Antioch Review, Summer 2007
The Caves in Oregon – Glimmer Train, Issue #64, Fall 2007
Dial Tone – Missouri Review, Issue 30:2, Summer 2007
Somebody Is Going to Have to Pay for This – The Paris Review, Issue #180, Spring 2007
The Faulty Builder – ReDivider, Vol. 4, Issue# 2, Spring 2007
Obsidian Junior High — November – Esquire, February 2007
Where to Begin – Minnesota Monthly, $1,000 winner of the Tamarack Award, March 2007
Unearthed – Rosebud, Issue #36, Summer 2006
The Hand Storyglossia, Issue #13, April 2006
Refresh, Refresh – The Paris Review, #175, Winter 2005
The Bearded Lady Says Goodnight – Swink, Issue #3, Spring 2006
Winter’s Trappings – Hayden’s Ferry Review, Issue 36, Spring/Summer 2005
The Iron Moth – Greensboro Review, Spring 2005
The Woods – AMAZING Stories, Issue #608, January 2005
The Funeralgoer – Carve Magazine, January 2005
Unearthed – Sycamore Review, Winter/Spring 2005
Bigfooting – Rosebud, Winter 2004/05
Crash – Western Humanities Review, Fall 2004
Swans – Idaho Review, $1,000 Editor’s Prize, Volume VI, 2004
The Whale – The Land-Grant College Review, Featured Author for March 2004
The Indian Way – FrostProof Review, Inaugural Issue, Spring 2004
Zombies! – Midnight Mind Magazine, Page-One Column, Spring 2004
Getting the Most Out of Your Weekend – Pindeldyboz, Fall 2003
The Worst University Ever – Midnight Mind Magazine, Page-One Column, Summer 2003
The Language of Elk – Greensboro Review, Spring 2003
The Whale – Florida Review, Spring 2003
Falling – The Chicago Tribune, $1,500 Nelson Algren Award, Sunday, October 27, 2002
Placeville – The Eternal Night, September 2002
What Would You Rather? – Mississippi Review, “Ordinary Evil” Issue, Summer 2002